Remember Me?

I had a busy week. Kinda. Actually, I just wasn't feeling very "bloggie." I will be better next week, I promise! And I've been trying to catch up {& will continue to so} as best I can on all of your lovely lives as well.

To send you off on your exciting weekends I'm going to post some of my current desires.
Just a little pretty something to look at.

1. Creamy, classic, buttery yellow pumps @ DSW.
2. Anna Spiro's darling puppy, Ned.
3. A bigger apartment. Please?
4. A bright blue bag from Lulu's. It's slightly obnoxious in that "Piper" kinda of way.
5. A h u g e stack of Scotcheroos {these are on my to-do list for today}.
6. A new mascara - suggestions welcome!

Have a lovely weekend!
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{fresh} Weekend

A fresh bouquet from the Omaha Farmers Market next to the bed.

{along with my fave milk glass plates, pearls & a lamp full of shells belonging to my late grandmother}

BLT fixins. Well, minus the L + another B.
The bread is a wonderful black olive sourdough from Le Quartier Baking Company in Lincoln, Nebraska. The tomatoes are unreal.

Hope you all had a great weekend as well!
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Cupcakes & {Wild} Animals

Yesterday included both for moi.
Conor & I went out to Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo's Wildlife Safari to drive through the "wilds" of Nebraska.

{this bird almost succumbed under the Camry}

It was a great time & pretty hilarious as well. I highly suggest seeing if your part of the country has something similar. You drive around in a Jurassic Park-esque setting looking at animals from the relative safety of your vehicle.

There were hiking paths to black bears & timberwolves.

{they were kinda scary}
I also made cupcakes. Malted cupcakes...but I have to say that they didn't turn out too malty. Basically, they're a good, rich yellow cake with yummy chocolate icing.
Can't complain about that.

Here they are, sitting patiently in their cupcake carrier waiting to be eaten.
The recipe is Here! Next time I will try something with more malt powder perhaps. Or I'll just stick to eating Malted Milk balls...whatever.
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{Racy} Weekend

Haha, I'm so clever. The races were great this past weekend - the soap box derby was the best, though. The cars were hilarious, there was an easily accessible beer garden {très important}, & a lot of our friends were there as well.

The H1N1 team was my fave. Their car was a little pig.
It ended up losing a wheel or something...

There were puppies there as well....

This pic pretty much sums up the event. Note the flask in one hand while being pushed by a dude with a PBR. Not a lot of the cars made it to the finish line.

The horse races were another story - always exciting, of course, but w a a a y too crowded. This was the best shot I could get. I cropped out a lady with a scrunchie. Yes, you read that correctly.

Anyway....
baking some malted cupcakes today...I'll let you know how they turn out.
Happy Monday!
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{Playing} Catch-Up

First off, I want to say that I did see the new HP {& was so excited}, but was more than slightly disappointed. While I understand that it is a movie adaptation {I liked the others}, I felt it wasted a lot of time on unimportant stuff & was honestly quite boring. Sorry, just my honest opinion. And trust me, I am very, very sad to say it.

{my new friend}
Second, remember my horrific Lighting Emergency? Well, here's the replacement. It'll have to do, & it's actually pretty fun & quite the conversation starter.

Now that those little "catch-ups" are out of the way, it's the weekend! I've got lots of Abnormal Psych reading to catch up on, a close friend to catch up with, & some fun events to catch. I promise to take lots of photos for Monday's post {horse races & a soap-box derby, my friends}.
Have a great one!
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